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Today in History – January 10 – India and World

History is important as it gives us many lessons that we can always use to improve our present and ensure that we do not make mistakes in our future. It is a different story that we always happen to forget about the mistakes we made in the past and the price we had to pay for the same. This article titled Today in History – January 10 – India and World brings to you the carefully curated list of historical events that have a lot to teach us. Whether you learn anything or not is entirely up to you.

What Happened On This Day in History – January 10

Today in History – January 10: “India”

1693: Job Charnock, considered as the Father of the city of Calcutta, died on this day.

1966:Tashkent Declaration was signed by Lal Bahadur Shastri, the Prime Minister of India, and President of Pakistan, Mohammad Ayub Khan. Premier of Soviet Union, Alexei Kosygin, acted as moderator for the declaration.

Today in History – January 10: “World”

1475: In the Battle of Vaslui, Moldavia’s Stephen III defeated the Ottoman Empire.

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